Evening Roundup - news

Student loan repayments squeeze first-time buyer deposit savings

More than 1.5 million young adults believe student loan repayments are making it harder...

The Exeter moves Woodley into healthcare development role

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, giving her responsibility...

Landlords warn higher Budget costs could feed through to rents

Almost two-thirds of landlords say they would seek to recover higher costs through rents...

Royal London targets protection case quality with new adviser guide

Royal London has launched a guide for protection advisers aimed at reducing application drop-outs...

Mortgage approvals fall below recent average as borrowing rises

Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 54,900 in August, dropping below the average...

Family support drives later life borrowing, broker research finds

Helping relatives onto the property ladder is a significant factor in later life mortgage...

West One cuts residential rates and adds Premier Plus credit tier

West One Loans has cut rates across its residential mortgage range and introduced a...

LSL Financial Services names Paula Mercer as sales director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Paula Mercer as sales director with responsibility for sales...

UnderwriteMe appoints Chan to strategic partnerships role

UnderwriteMe has appointed Tiffany Chan as strategic partnerships manager as it looks to develop...

Key expands later life advice across full mortgage range

Key Group has widened its later life lending advice model, enabling advisers to research...

Meet the hosts of Mortgage’s Got Talent

As the mortgage industry prepares to swap case discussions, criteria and rates for microphones,...

Complex income must not become barrier to Scottish homeownership

Mortgage lenders need to keep adapting their criteria as changing working patterns leave growing...

LiveMore raises LTV limits and adds flexibility to equity release overpayments

LiveMore has increased maximum LTVs on mortgages with a repayment element and introduced more...

Cost of collapsed property sales rises to £258m in second quarter

Failed property transactions cost the UK housing market an estimated £257.9m during the second...
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COMMENT

Comment

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

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Student loan repayments squeeze first-time buyer deposit savings

More than 1.5 million young adults believe student loan repayments are making it harder...
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The Exeter moves Woodley into healthcare development role

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, giving her responsibility...
Buy-to-let

Landlords warn higher Budget costs could feed through to rents

Almost two-thirds of landlords say they would seek to recover higher costs through rents...
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Royal London targets protection case quality with new adviser guide

Royal London has launched a guide for protection advisers aimed at reducing application drop-outs...

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